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Late venue switch isn’t fair on fans

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 February 2024

FANS’ FORUM

AS a supporter of Romford FC since the 1960’s, I was somewhat irked by the late change and venue for their FA Vase fifth round match at Hilltop this weekend.
As Hilltop ground share with Hillingdon Borough, the match, in accordance to FA competition rules, was rescheduled to be played on the Sunday instead.
My understanding is that Romford were happy with this arrangement but, for reasons unknown, Hilltop then pushed to switch the venue to Uxbridge FC’s Honeycroft ground instead.
Indeed, the Combined Counties League announced the change of venue and...

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